Member Since: 5/8/2006
Band Members: I am so lucky to have such fine musicans playing with me, nothing seems impossible when you play with these guys!Olav Torgeir Kopsland: Guitar, mandoline and harmonies.Daniel Gullien: Guitar and harmonies.Ivar Thomas Brynildsen: Bass and harmonies.Tore Blestrud: Steel and dobro.Finn HÃ¥kon Borgi: Drums.
Influences: Well, If it wasn't for my dad and mum (www.myspace.com/ivarthomas) I don't know if I'd be doing music, at least not country and jazz(Thank you). My mum always loved music and I have always been singing, and the fact that my dad has played all my life, and a lot of different genres, has had a great inpact on me and it has made me continue. My mum has always been a great support too. Helping me when ever I may need it, and even in those times I didn't know I needed it. But besides that: Coffee, my kitchen, old houses, with old gardens; with old grass and flowers, wild-flowers on my kitchen table, my garden, the hope that fairys and magic exists, love, to fall in love, the sea, dark cold nights, dark warm nights, summer at Veierland, my sister beccy, cats, my up's, my down's, my past and the people in it, my future and the people I hope will be there with me, old tapes playing with old sounds and feelings, books, my little brother, feeling guilty, feeling angry, sad, sleeping in the car when we're driving, nature, roses, daisys, laughing, crying, death, going crazy cause of to many thoughts, old leaves at fall, the feeling I get when thinking of all these tings, thinking of someone special, hoping you're someones special, traveling. Life.There are so many great musicans out there and i really try to sound like me! But of course you get amazed and ifluenced by a lot of the great peolpe out there. To mention a few; Johnny Cash, Alison Krauss, Monica Norli(Check her out, beautiful!), Norah Jones, Katie Melua, Stacy Earl, Lisa Ekdal, Gillian Welch, John Mayer, The Little Willies, Silje Nergaard, Lucinda Williams, Jamie Cullum, Emmilou Harris, Dolly Parton, Eva Cassidy and Ella Fitzgerald just to mantion a few. I'm so glad there is music in this world, and many peolpe who's god at it! I think its great to be open for all kinds of music, its not the genre, its the song and the emotions. I enjoy singing everything from jazz to country. My father, Ivar(Check out his profile and music) has been a friend, teacher and a great help. He has opened a lot of doors for me. He plays all kinds of instruments, very well, and he has a great voice. He has been a great inspiration for me and to what i do. And my mum has a strength that just blows me away, and she's helped me a lot along the way! I grew up with country music and it grew close to my heart, together with jazz, and I'll keep lliving it.
Sounds Like: Me i hope. I really try to put my own little twist into things i do and my best hopes are that people like that.
Type of Label: Major